Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κρεοφάγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κρεοφάγος κρεοφάγον

Structure: κρεοφαγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fagei=n

Sense

  1. eating flesh, carnivorous

Examples

  • ἀπὸ δὲ τῆσ Δειρῆσ ἡ ἐφεξῆσ ἐστιν ἀρωματοφόροσ, πρώτη μὲν ἡ τὴν σμύρναν φέρουσα, καὶ αὕτη μὲν ἰχθυοφάγων καὶ κρεοφάγων· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 28:9)

Synonyms

  1. eating flesh

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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